"chiptune" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chiptunes [plural]
Etymology: From chip + tune, referring to a computer's sound chip; see chip (“electronic circuit”). Initially in the meaning of modules, as an antonym to 'real' chip music, then generalized/recontextualized. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|chip|tune}} chip + tune Head templates: {{en-noun}} chiptune (plural chiptunes)
  1. (music) A piece of computer music in which the sounds are generated and mixed in realtime, common before the advent of mass storage for prerecorded sound. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-chiptune-en-noun-k9QGYGMt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 61 39 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. (music) A style of music that samples or emulates the audio capabilities of older sound chips, but ignores certain hardware or software limitations inherent to them; especially (demoscene) a tracker module simulating the sound of early 8-bit computers. Categories (topical): Demoscene, Musical genres Translations (style of music): چيپ تيون (Arabic), 芯片音樂 (Chinese Mandarin), 芯片音乐 (xīnpiànyīnyuè) (Chinese Mandarin), チップチューン (Japanese), 칩튠 (chiptyun) (Korean), чиптюн (čiptjun) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-chiptune-en-noun-aD5i9ZSa Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 53 47 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'style of music': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: chipmusic

Inflected forms

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